Blacks women have more children unweded

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Jesse Washington author of the associated press, published an article on the struggle of black mothers who are unwed. She interviews Doctor Natalie Carroll. Carroll speaks of what she sees in her office. She talks to the women that struggle with their children. Most of them don’t have a husband or partner. According to government studies the black race is the highest in women who have children without being married. Some blame society and resources. Government officials and some churches have tried to get involved. This has been a public issue for some time now. Some blame a drug epidemic sending black men to prison. Leaving women to raise children alone. Dr. Carroll tries to teach and talk to the women who visit her office. She tells the stories of several women. Some have had issues with domestic violence, another sees marriage as an obligation more than a relationship. Dr. Carroll will continue to talk to the women who take their babies for their routine schedule because she believes that a child should have a mother and a father involved in order to break the dysfunctional pattern black men have. In the year 2008 the government conducted a study. The results were alarming and public figures, government officials, and church member started to get involved in this issue. According to the statistics 72% of black women were at the top of the chart. Native Americans, Hispanics, Whites and Asians followed the trend. Many have sat and debated these numbers. Some say they are statistics based on racism or not accurate. The fact is that these numbers continue to climb and the only ones suffering are the children, not to mention the pattern they are following. Many public figures, government officials, and church leaders have taken this matter into their own hands. They have spoken too many, to try to make a difference. Although it isn’t something you can fix overnight, it is something that needs to be dealt with. In 1965, it entered public consciousness. ‘A tangle pathology’, words used to describe the issue in a now famous government report by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, which later was criticized and accused of blaming the victim. He was accused of saying that black behavior was the main cause and not racism. A lot of people say that the 72% comes from conservative circles. Many public figures came out and spoke, and said that a lack of equal opportunity and education was the cause. Even leaders of black churches spoke and said it was something no one talked about. Almost like a taboo of some sort or secret. Fortunately there are signs of change. Communities have gathered and have started to address the growing problem. Drugs and prison have played a big part in this. No one knows exactly what came first, prison or drugs. The fact is that one thing led to another. Many black men are sitting in county and state jails serving sentences whether its drugs, theft, or domestic violence. While they are sitting there, there’s many women are left to pick up the plate and raise these kids alone. This is a hard reality these women have to face. Not all black men end up in jail. Some just decide to walk away and that’s even harder on a woman. It’s not easy being a single mother. Married, unwed, or divorced. Truth of the matter is that when a man is not involved in the child life a mother has to do the job of the mother and father at the same time. When a woman is faced with making decisions alone they tend to get a mentality of a do it all woman. Sometimes he father decides to come into the life of a child or tries to be a responsible father. Unfortunately, after all the tough times a mother has gone thru with her infant, it is too late. Some see the man as obligation. Some see them as extra work. It’s not easy raising children alone, but if raised right, he or she can become someone I life.